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March 10th, 2009
CISAC's Michael Chaitkin named 2009 Luce Scholar
in the newsMichael Chaitkin, a 2008 CISAC honors graduate, has been selected for the Luce Scholars Program to spend a year living and working in Asia. Read more »
July 22nd, 2008
Book Review: The Gunslinger
CISAC, CDDRL, PGJ Op-ed: Boston ReviewFSI senior fellow Stephen Stedman reviews John Bolton's book, Surrender Is not an Option, in the July/August issue of the Boston Review. "The memoir reads like an international relations primer done in the style of a modern morality tale," he writes. "Imagine Kenneth Waltz's classic Man, the State, and War as written by Ayn Rand." Read more »
March 30th, 2006
Civil war a reality in Iraq, experts say
in the news: San Francisco Chronicle on March 12, 2006Though the Bush administration doesn't agree, several experts contend the recent surge in bloodshed triggered by sectarian violence has pushed Iraq over the brink to civil war. Nearing the third anniversary the Iraq war's start, the San Francisco Chronicle asked CISAC's James Fearon and other experts to comment on the nature of the conflict. Read more »
February 27th, 2006
Europe's defense of free speech rings false
Op-ed: International Herald Tribune on February 24, 2006Since the controversy over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad erupted, Europe's leaders have shown remarkable--and uncharacteristic--courage under fire. Refusing to apologize for the alleged slight to religious Muslims, a chorus of Continental voices has instead risen to the cartoons' defense, citing freedom of expression. Unfortunately, this vigorous defense doesn't square with Europe's record on free speech, writes CISAC predoctoral fellow Matthew Rojansky in this International Herald Tribune op-ed. Read more »
May 23rd, 2005
CISAC experts suggest Pakistan probably knew of scientist's nuclear trafficking
in the news: Los Angeles Times on May 16, 2005International investigators have found that A. Q. Khan, former director of Pakistan's nuclear laboratory, built a profitable network for trafficking in nuclear weapons technology. What they can't figure out - and may never know - is how much Pakistan officials knew about his illicit nuclear trading. CISAC's Michael M. May and Scott D. Sagan, interviewed by the L.A. Times, suggest that it would have been nearly impossible for Khan to pull off his operation without official knowledge, if not approval. Read more »
January 1st, 2005
University Scholars Play Prominent Role in Charting Reforms for United Nations
FSI Stanford, CISAC NewsA new united nations report recommending the most sweeping reform in the institution's history offers a global vision of collective security for the 21st century that is as committed to development in poor nations as it is to prevention of nuclear terrorism in rich ones. Read more »
December 8th, 2004
"Misunderestimating" terrorism
Op-ed: New York Times on October 12, 2004As the war on terrorism continues, statistics on terrorist attacks are becoming as important as the unemployment rate or the GDP. Yet the terrorism reports produced by the U.S. government do not have nearly as much credibility as its economic statistics, because there are no safeguards to ensure that the data are as accurate as possible and free from political manipulation. Alan B. Kreuger and David Laitin outline a solution. Read more »